Monday, June 20, 2016
Clark Foundation Brothers Feuded, But Also Made Two Towns Arts Destinations
As tourists alight on Cooperstown and Williamstown, they'll be tracing footprints left by members of same influential family: the Clarks.
A wealthy, weighty clan who came to prominence in the 19th century, the Clark family left a large and lasting imprint on two towns split by 87 miles, one state line and a 1923 fistfight between two brothers.
The brothers were Stephen Carlton and Robert Sterling Clark, early 20th-century art collectors whose appetites and influence launched museums in both towns and shaped holdings at the Met, MoMa, Yale...